Mississippi Business Journal » social services http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Hundreds removed from SNAP for bilking $2.7M+ in benefits http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/02/hundreds-removed-from-snap-for-bilking-2-7m-in-benefits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hundreds-removed-from-snap-for-bilking-2-7m-in-benefits http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/02/hundreds-removed-from-snap-for-bilking-2-7m-in-benefits/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:01:58 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63371 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — State officials say 1,705 people in Mississippi were disqualified last budget year from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for making false claims and improperly taking more than $2.7 million in benefits. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports hundreds more people routinely report benefits cards lost or stolen, which the federal government cites [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/02/hundreds-removed-from-snap-for-bilking-2-7m-in-benefits/feed/ 0 In the crosshairs: Performance management may be our salvation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/04/in-the-crosshairs-performance-management-may-be-our-salvation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-the-crosshairs-performance-management-may-be-our-salvation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/04/in-the-crosshairs-performance-management-may-be-our-salvation/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:00:54 +0000 Marty Wiseman http://msbusiness.com/?p=49277 Only a passing glance toward Washington, D.C., is sufficient to remind us that the gathering fiscal storm clouds are becoming more ominous by the day. Yet, in Mississippi we still have to live with the lists and rankings that constantly remind us of the dire straights in which many of our citizens find themselves. The [...]

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